California - Fall 2003 Coast to Mountains
People have asked if I would put flowers from my travels to other states on my site. So, here are some from our October 2003 trip California. (Yosemite NP, Sequoia NP, Monterey Bay, and Big Sur)

California Spring 2007 Part II - Beach Week
This is the second part of the 2007 Spring Break Vacation. It includes the beaches north and south of Ventura and also flowers and scenes from Ontario, San Diego, and Los Angeles.

Northern New Mexico - 2016 Bandelier, Valle Grande, Great Sand Dunes, Rio Grande del Norte, Petroglyphs
In May 2016, we went to northern New Mexico for a wedding and traveled around the state for 2 weeks. We started out in Española and visited Los Alamos, Valle Grande National Monument, and Bandelier National Monument. From there, we went to Taos and visited the church in Chimayo, Rio Grande del Norte National Monument and Great Sand Dunes National Park in southern Colorado. The trip ended with a quick visit to Petroglyphs National Monument.

Washington - 2009 I - Orcas Is., Mt. Rainier and Mt. Saint Helens
In June 2009 we traveled to Washington and visited Orcas Is., Mt. Rainier, Mt. Saint Helens, Long Beach, and the Columbia River Gorge. I documented over 180 different wildflowers on the trip.

Germany 2017
We visited Germany for my niece's wedding in July 2017. Our trip included Munich, Oberammergau, Salzgitter Bad, and Hannover. We were thrilled to get to hike in the Alps at Oberammergau, where there were many wildflowers. I documented 180 different wildflowers on the trip, many were familiar roadside "weeds" that we see in the United States that were brought here by immigrants either by accident or on purpose. However, there were many new flowers that I had not seen before or ones I had seen in Norway or Alaska .
I had some small German wildflower books when I went there, I also bought a very good book that helped me identify nearly every different flower I saw!
English names or translations, when I know them, will be in parentheses. As you see the German names, see if you can figure out what they mean, some are humorous! German translations will be in quotations.
A few common German terms translated:
Echt(es) - true
Gewöhnlich(e),(es), (er) - common
Wiese(n) - meadow
Acker - field

Critters - Arthropods, Mollusks, Worms, Fish, etc.
This album shows some of the interesting animals I have seen while working on this website. Don't let some of them scare you from going out on your own!

Eastern Australian Birds 2018
Birds we saw during our trip to Brisbane, Australia in August 2018. We visited Currimundi, Lamington National Park, and Brisbane city. We learned that winter is the best time of year for many species of birds.

Pickett State Park is located northeast of Jamestown, TN. It is a lovely park that borders Big South Fork SRRA. There are interesting geological features along the many woodland trails such as huge rockhouses, a sand-floored cave, and a sandstone natural bridge.

Stinging Fork State Natural Area is located on the Cumberland Plateau in a Bowater Pocket Wilderness. It is 5 miles up Shut-in Gap Road from Piney River State Natural Area. The highlight of the hike is this beautiful waterfall, Stinging Fork Falls.

Cherokee National Forest and Bald River Falls
The Cherokee National Forest is located in Monroe County in east Tennessee. It is just south of the Smokies. Bald River Falls is an 80' to 100' waterfall that is visible from the road.

Australian Wildflowers - Brisbane Area August 2018
In August of 2018, my husband, son, daughter-in-law, and 6-1/2 year old granddaughter went to Brisbane, Australia for 2 weeks. Although it was mid-winter then, I still documented 135 different species of wildflowers.